Coffee at Goodbench, Brixton
It’s ruddy freezing outside and I’ve got a stinky cold, so praise be for the restorative powers of a hot lunch at the Phoenix followed by coffee at the Goodbench …
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Bedford Hill Coffee Bar, Bedford-Stuyvesant, NYC
We’re happy to tramp quite vast distances in our quest for great cafes and good coffee, and our trek out to the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn was rewarded by excellent beverages …
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Federation Coffee, Brixton Village shimmies into a new shop
Our favourite Brixton coffee shop – Federation Coffee – has just moved from its original intimate surroundings to a bigger unit, just a few metres from the original.
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Brixton photos: a unicycling busker, street architecture and coffee
You’ve got to give him points for effort here. A unicycling, guitar playing busker wearing rabbit ears sings it out loud outside KFC in central Brixton.
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Federation Coffee, Brixton – London’s finest coffee?
For Brixton’s coffee cognoscenti and caffeine-quaffing connoisseurs of the coffee bean, there’s one truly unmissable place on London’s cafe map, and that’s Federation Coffee.
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The Counter cafe, Hackney Wick, E3 – another great London coffee house
I love it when we stumble across a fine coffee in an unlikely place, and we definitely came up trumps on Saturday when we visited the Counter cafe in east …
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The Goodbench – another independent Brixton coffee bar opens!
Caffeine freaks are getting very spoilt in Brixton, with another independent coffee shop opening up in SW9 this week.
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Coffee and cake
The Photographers Gallery (now situated by Oxford Circus) has long been my favourite cafe in the West End. Here’s a photo of their cafe staff ready to load up the …
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Coffee at the Photographers Gallery There’s an interesting exhibition on if you’re passing through. The London Fire Brigade Archive shows a curious selection of scenes from the 30s to the …
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Coffee in the Lounge Brixton
Coffee in the Lounge I’m currently relaxing on the deep leather sofa in The Lounge and giving this mo:Blog Palm blogging software its first ‘road test’. So far, its looking …
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In photos: a short and easy London riverside walk – Putney Bridge to Barnes Bridge
Around 6.5k/4 miles in length, this is a lovely short walk along the banks of the River Thames from Putney Bridge to Barnes Bridge in south west London.
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Cardiff in lockdown – stations, street photos and night scenes, July 2020
Although the lockdown is slowly easing in Wales, Cardiff remains strangely quiet with many of its once-bustling streets remaining empty. Here’s some photos from an (essential) trip earlier this week.
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Deserted London: the empty streets of Soho, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Chinatown and Trafalgar Square, June 2020
The ongoing coronavirus lockdown has reduced the once bustling centre of London into a ghost town, with almost all its shops, businesses, cafes and bars remaining closed for over two …
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Tour diary – The Monochrome Set on the west coast of the USA
In March this year, The Monochrome Set embarked on a breakneck USA tour, packing in nine gigs in ten days on both the East and West coasts of America. Merchmeister …
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London 15 years ago: Denmark Street, 12 Bar Club & The Astoria, Soho, London in April 2004
It’s now changed out of all recognition with the legendary 12 Bar Club closing and several music stores moving out due to redevelopment, but this small road in central London …
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A walk around the West End: street art, signs, galleries and a busking drummer – in photos, Jan 2019
Taken at the end of a chilly January, here’s a selection of photos taken around London’s West End.
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P’tit Faystival – where a tiny village in Belgium goes crazy for music, July 2018
Located in the tiny village of Petit-Fays, near Bièvre, in the south of the province of Namur in Belgium, the P’tit Faystival is one of the most unlikely places to stumble …
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Newcastle photos: bridges, graffiti, bars, pigeon fanciers, night views and The Monochrome Set, April 2018
I had the good fortune to be able to visit the grand city of Newcastle earlier this month, and although the trip was exceedingly short, I still managed to grab …
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Pubs, a chalky penis and pavement history: a look around the streets of Chepstow, south Wales
Here’s my second short collection of photos of the small border town of Chepstow in south east Wales, taken as I headed to and from the nearby Green Gathering festival.
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Edinburgh in fifty photos: street scenes, architecture, landscapes and the famous castle
After posting up a collection of night scenes, capturing a crap busker, documenting a great night out on the town and extolling the virtues of a local cafe, here’s my final set of …
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Places I love: the cheap, cheerful and friendly Snax Cafe, Edinburgh
You can’t beat a good, no-nonsense, affordable cafe, and I stumbled across a real gem when I was up in Edinburgh recently called The Snax Cafe – one of three …
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Fish & Chip Friday and Wednesday Toe Nails: Colchester and Mersea Island in photos
Yesterday, I had to visit deepest, darkest Essex, with my day trip taking in Colchester and the nearby Island of Mersea. Here’s a selection of photos from my journey.
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Faces of New York – street scenes from the Big Apple, NYC
Here’s a selection of candid street shots from my various New York travels. I hope some of you find them of interest. Scroll down to the bottom to find out details of …
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A rainy day in Margate. Photos from a wet and windy May afternoon
Arriving suitably drenched after my deeply unwise walk from Westgate on Sea to Margate, I grabbed a few photos around the town as I headed for hot coffee and beer.
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Lost rabbits, fat balls and hideous headwinds – a walk from Westgate On Sea to Margate
Before Dulwich Hamlet’s crucial play off final at Margate, I thought it would be a great idea to get off the train a stop earlier at Westgate-on-Sea and then walk …
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Berlin street photos – a selection of photographs
I loved visiting Berlin last year, and have already posted up a series of photos from my travels around the city. Here’s my final set of shots from this fantastic city…
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